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Posted on: Bean: Volunteering and Making a Difference in Shanghai
September 15, 2009 at 2:37 AMI hope you enjoy today's interview with Amy Hines and Jingjing Li, the founder and president of Bean, a wonderful volunteering organization doing great work in Shanghai. It's designed for busy professionals. Even if you are here for just a few days, you can still join their community work in Shanghai.
Posted on: Assembling IKEA Furniture
September 15, 2009 at 2:17 AMTo echo euphonies's comment, Ikea certainly doesn't have a price edge in China. There is a lot of cheaper and well-made offerings here. It's also worth noting that many Chinese (especially my parent' generation) think Ikea furniture is unfirm and won't last, because the buyer needs to assemble it, and that inherently can't be trusted. However, many young people embrace Ikea. They see it as hip, cool and creative.
Posted on: Assembling IKEA Furniture
September 15, 2009 at 2:05 AM@alexzye,
锤子/chui2 zi has smaller head, 榔头/lang2 tou has a bigger and fatter one. But many people confuse the two, even dictionaries. I checked on nciku.com, 榔头and 锤子are both translated as 'hammer'.
Posted on: Farewell, Sweet Pete
September 13, 2009 at 2:38 AM@Pete,
It has been a great pleasure knowing you. All the very best in everything you do. And I concur with Calkins that I hope you move closer to your passion.
Posted on: 都......了Already
September 12, 2009 at 2:34 AM@martin16,
That's a tough one since you don't an equivalent way of saying this in English, or do you? Anyway, I am curious, what's the correct way of expressing 'he's a full twenty years old...'?
Posted on: City Series: Bali
September 12, 2009 at 2:28 AM大家都很喜欢巴厘岛！It's a magical place with absolutely fascinating culture. For me personally, the charm is that while being a popular destination, it's still very authentic if you know what I mean.
@joeborn,
Yes, 上大号/shang4 da4 hao4/do a number two is a much more delicate expression than 拉大便/la1 da4 bian4.
Posted on: City Series: Bali
September 11, 2009 at 9:57 AMThe poop coffee was quite pricey. 5 dollars a shot, 60 bucks for a small bag of beans.
Posted on: City Series: Bali
September 11, 2009 at 2:25 AM@Sydcarten,
Yes, it was Mt. Batur. It was quite spectacular.
@luobinzhenmei,
Let me dig up some of those pictures for you. From what I remembered, the poop coffee tasted sour more than stinky.
Posted on: The Sherpas Story with Mark Secchia
September 10, 2009 at 1:43 AM@alogen,
Thank you for your support! You sound like an entrepreneur yourself.
Posted on: Tone Change Rule: Yi '一'
September 15, 2009 at 7:16 AMThese tone lessons are really helpful in getting the basics right. But it must be quite stressful if you had to think about all the rules before say anything. So like Ken always says, remember them as words or lexical chuncks rather than disembodying the language.